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demarcation

[dee-mahr-kay-shuhn] / ˌdi mɑrˈkeɪ ʃən /


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The explosions occurred, Seoul said, about 30 feet south of the military demarcation line on South Korea’s side amid an uptick of North Korean activity in that part of the DMZ.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The star and showrunner of “Girls” is the best possible line of demarcation for “millennial art” for meta-textual and arithmetic reasons.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

The official referred to the demarcation line behind which Israeli troops withdrew under the ceasefire agreement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Under that agreement, the IDF withdrew to a demarcation line, known as the "yellow line", which left Israel in control of roughly 53% of Gaza.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

But long before this the Aristotelian demarcation between superlunary and sublunary had been shattered by Brahe.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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